Bebe Neuwirth is too much of an ice queen to play Emma.
Jane Krakowski (who might be a bit too long in the tooth for it, but is ideal for the role) or Anne Hathaway (who is probably too young for it at this points) are both actresses that I'd love to see tackle Emma and are actually able to sell tickets. Especially, Krakowski I think would be brilliant in the role, she reminds me of Bernadette Peters sometimes. Anika Noni Rose is someone else that would probably be pretty good in the role.
Of course the show won't be revived on Broadway unless Lindsay Lohan agrees to do it, but both Hathaway and Krakowski have been on Encores! shows before so why not give them the chance to play Emma for three nights at an Encores! presentation?
If they ever do it at Encores! or Off-Broadway, I hope they use the Broadway SONG & DANCE that was recorded with Peters. I can't stand TELL ME ON A SUNDAY.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
